Boutonniere



(No Model.)

0.. ROSIN. BOUTONNIRE, BADGE, 55.

150.595,555. Patented D50. 14,1897'.l

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CHARLES ROSIN, OF NEWARK, NEV JERSEY.

BOUTONNIRE, BADGE, ste.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 595,655, dated December 14, 1897.

Application iledAugust l0, 1896. Serial No. 602,265. (No model.) v

To @ZZ whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, CHARLES Ros1N,a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county ofv Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boutonnires,Badges, ne.; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in that class of badges or boutonnires in which an artificial flower is provided with movable petal-like parts adapted to be opened away from one another at the will of the wearer to disclose an internal legend or inscription, design or picture concealed between or under said petals.

lThe objects of the present improvement are to enable the hidden legend or inscription, picture or design to be held or disposed so that when exposed to View on the lapel of the wearers coat it will be in a plane at right angles to the line of vision, or substantially in line with the stem of the iiower,`and thus said design will present a full-face View direct to the eye.

Another object is to provide an immovable vertical support for the legend or design plate, so that when said design-plate is glued tothe flower and the other movable parts are frequently operated to vcover or uncover the design the said design-plate will remain fixed and immovable in vertical relation to its flexible stems or supports. Thus danger of being torn loose is avoided and the durability of the article is increased.

A further object is to provide increased space within the ower for the legend or design without detraction from the natural appearanee of the same, thus enabling larger and more clearly-observable letters or characters to be employed in the legend or picture.

Further objects are to reduce the cost of construction, simplify the structure,'and thus facilitate its manufacture, and to secure other advantages and results, some of which may be referred to hereinafter in connection with the description of the working parts.

The invention consists in the improved boutonnire, badge, or the like, and in the arrangements and combinations of parts thereof, all substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embraced in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the views, Figure l is an elevation, and Fig. 2 is a section taken at line 0c, of the framework of the -button. Fig. 3 shows in front elevation the article complete on a reduced scale, the parts.

being in their closed positions. Fig. L is a similar elevation, the said parts bein gin their open positions, in which they are adapted to display the legend, insignia, campaign or other imprint or design. Fig. 5 is a plan of the supporting-plate in blank, having petalshaped arms adapted to be opened up to provide supports for the flower-like decorative petals to be afterward applied, and also showing a slot adapted to receive a hinge-tongue of a coperat-ing petal-shaped plate; and Fig. 6 is a plan in detail of the blank petalshaped cooperating plate last referred' to.

In said drawings, a indicates the main or body supporting-plate upon which the artificial flower is built. This consists of a piece of sheet metal having, preferably, at three sides thereof-integral petal-like arms l?, which are bent up at or approximately at right angles to the plane of the center part to hold the ornamental petals attached thereto erect. Said arms b are preferably made concavous at their inner sides, so as to give a similar shape to the textile or flexible ornamental petals, such as are employed in artificialflower work, attached thereto. Being integral with the center part of the body-plate, saidarms b are substantially rigid and immovable in their relation to one another and with the pin or button-shank and form a group of standards around the point of attachment to said pin, around which in turn an assemblage of flexible ornamental petals are arranged in artistic design or in close imitation to a natural disposition of petals.

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The textile or otherwise flexible and decorative petals Z are fastened around the rigid arms and to one another by cement or other suitable means, so that they maintain a fixed relation to one another and form a comparatively broad field upon which to apply the legend or design. \Vhile I ordinarily prefer muslin or such like material in making the ornamental petals, I may employ wax, celluloid, tbc.

The ornamental petals fastened around the upwardly-extending arms Z) serve as a vertical support for what I have hereinafter termed a legend-plate i, on which latteris imprinted, impressed, or otherwise applied the picture, words, or design to be exposed from time to time. Being thus supported in a vertical position, or substantially in line with the stem of the flower, when the hinged petals are drawn down the said legend-plate will stand opposite the observer, so that the subject of the imprint will be exposed fully and clearly to direct view.

To the center portion of the said supporting-plate a, which is preferably slotted at c, is hinged another cooperating plate d, preferably provided with a tongue e, adapted to be inserted in the slot c and turned so as to hold the said cooperating plate upon the plate a., as shown in Fig. 2, and admit of a hinge action. The cooperating plate d is also inclosed or covered with textile petal-shaped coverings colored in resemblance to the petals of a natural flower, so that the metal portions of the supporting-plates are concealed and only the decorative textile coverings are presented to view both when the flower is opened and when closed.

The body plate or frame a, covered with the decorative petals, may be considered to be the body A of the flower, and the hinged plate d and its petals may be termed the legv end or insignia cover B.

An elastic cord f or other form of spring is fastened at its opposite ends to the supporting-plate a and upon the cooperating plate d, the normal tendency of which spring is to hold the hinged plate closed against the plate a. I prefer to arrange this spring as shown in Fig. 2. The opposite ends of the cord are knotted. One end is passed through the perforation g, Fig. 5, and the other end is clamped by a tongue h, struck up out of the hinged plate d, as shown in Fig. 6. Said tongue h is simply bent over the elastic cord, forming an eye through which the knotted end cannot be drawn. While the said cord f normally holds the hinged plate in its closed position, said plate is adapted to be turned down or opened, as shown in outline in Fie" C and to facilitate the opening operation I employ a cordj, which is knotted and secured in the perforation 7a of the plate d and extends downward therefrom, so as to be easily and conveniently grasped by the hand. When downward draft is brought upon this cord j, it is evident that the plate d will be drawn downward against the power of the spring f, revealing the legend, inscription, or imprint on the interior of the flower.

The flower may be provided with a suitable stem m, whereby it may be held in the buttonhole of the coat, which stem maybea pin, as shown in Figs. l and 2, or it may be otherwise provided with means for holding the flower to the garment. The stein m is preferably fixed to the body portion A of the flower so that the petals of the said body portion will stand erect and more or less rigid or stationary upon the garment when the hinged petals are drawn down.

Upon the interior of the flower, exposed to view when the hinge-plate is opened, is arranged a legend-plate vl, as shown in Fig. et. This is preferably of celluloid, although it may be of any other suitable material, and on the surface it has imprinted the legend,. inscription, imprint, or design which is to be revealed by the wearer when he draws down the covered hinge-plate d. The act of drawing down and revealing the design is intended to act as a surprise to the person facing the wearer of the badge, and thus affords or is the occasion of amusement to both.

The operation of the parts of the device have already been sufficiently explained and a repetition is thought to be unnecessary.

I am fully aware that various modifications of construction may be made in my invention, and therefore I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the positive descriptive terms employed, excepting as the state of the art may require. For example, it is not necessary that I limit myself to one hinged petal or collection of petals.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new isl. In combination with the main or body petal-supporting plate of metal having petalshaped arms, bent up substantially as described from the center portion, said center portion being slotted as at c, a hinged metal piece d, having a tongue inserted through said slot and turned to form a hinge-eye, ornamental petals inclosing said metal parts, a spring, means for drawing the hinged piece away from the body-frame and petals, and a pin or stem rigidly fastened to the body supporting plate or frame, substantially as set forth. y

2. The combination with the main or body petal-supporting plate or frame of metal having concavous arms bent up substantially as described from the center portion, said center portion being perforated and having hinged bearings, a piece hinged upon said frame or plate and having a tongue h, struck up out thereof, an elastic cord knotted and extending through the perforation of the body-plate and under the tongue h, a stem rigidly secured to the body-plate and ornamental petals, all arranged and combined and operating, substantially as set forth.

3. In a badge, the combination with the IOO body-plate having a perforated center portion with a rigid stem and arms h, b, b, bent up from said center portion, a hinged petalshaped piece and an elastic cord fastened to said perforated body-plate and hinged piece, substantially as set forth.

4. The improved badge or boutonnire comprising a pin or means of attachment to the garment, a body-plate fixed to said pin and having a collection of rigid or unhinged arms extending in lines substantially parallel With the axial line of said pin, a plate hinged to said body-plate and normally standing in a line substantially parallel with said rigid arms, a spring for holding said hinged arm in said position, a cord attached tol said hinged plate forv drawing it down from its erect normal position,and ornamental petals held upon and `covering said arms and maintaining a permanent relation to one Vanother and ornamental petals covering said hinged plate and movable to and from the permanently-arranged petals to disclose the interior of the iiower, substantially as set forth.

5. The improved badge or boutonnire comprising a pin or means of attachment to the garment, a body-plate iixed to said pin and having rigid or integral arms disposed around the point of attachment to said pin and bent to lie in lines approximately parallel With one another, a hinged plate, a spring attached to said hinged plate and body-plate to hold said hinged plate normally in a line approximately parallel With the rigid arms, means attached to said hinged plate to draw it away from the rigid arms, ornamental coveringpetals attached to the rigid arms and hinged plate to conceal the same from view and a legend or inscription plate seated on the rigid ornamental petals adapted to be uncovered and revealed when the hinged plate and its coverings are drawn down, substantially as set forth.

6. ln a boutonnire, a collection of ornamental petals permanently arranged in xed relation to one another and their supportingplate and together forming a seat for a legendplate, and spring-controlled covering-petals, movable in relation to said fixed petals, means for drawing said movable petals away from said fixed petals to uncover and reveal said legend-plate, and said legend-plate fastened to said fixed petals, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 5th da;7 of 

